Crisps are one of my favorite summertime desserts. Not only are they simple to make, they’re a great way to use up a lot of fruit, whether you get it in a CSA basket or spent a day picking berries.
It’s also my favorite among the family of similar desserts such as cobblers, crumbles, buckles, and grunts (yes that’s actually the name of a dish). While there’s some debate over what the difference between a crumble and a crisp, I generally think of crumbles as having a denser streusel-like topping, while a crisp has a crispier topping, often containing oats.